u/brunocas

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Getting Virginia's apostilles while in Canada

I am wondering if any of you have experience doing apostilles from Virginia while outside USA. I am trying to do get some Virginia records apostilled while in Canada and they say we need to have a return mailer mailed in together but here's the twist. Virginia says the return mailer needs to have both From and To as the destination:

When using FedEx, UPS, or DHL, please list your name and address as both the Sender and the Recipient on the return envelope. Do not list our office as the sender. If our office is listed as the sender, your documents will be returned via regular mail without tracking.

I went to an UPS store here in Canada and they're like uh no, that's not possible. Their system wouldn't even be able to calculate the cost apparently. Do you know if Fedex or DHL allow for this? I can't use USPS since the address own't be in USA. Apparently Virginia will send out USPS if they can't use the return envelope but this means sending them another check or something once they figure out the mailing cost above $2. Is this a way for them to force people to do it from inside the states? Seems crazy to me or I'm missing something here..

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u/brunocas — 7 days ago